Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-27

had. This company WAS offered strong
! inducements to 20 to Admission. The
| company has also contracted TO furnish
| power 10 two other manufacturing con-
Germs, the power to be transmitted by
wire cable.
The gin house OF l.. D. Armstrong, in
| the Oostanaula district OF Gordon county,
| was burned with It's contents on Thurs
| day night last. The origin OF the lire 10
not known, but on Thursday evening a
tramp asked for a nights lodging, which
was refused him, and Il is thodght he set
the house or fire. Besides the house Mr..
Armstrong lost his engine, thresher, gin.
and lot OF cotton seed which were stored
in the gin house.
o. II. Pennock, of Chattanooga, on
Monday last purchased the National
hotel, at Dalton, paying for the property
$1,000. Mr.. PenDOck proposes to re-
model the entire building on most APP
proved aud attractive plan. 1t is sad
that he is backed by two other gentlemen
VINO control 100000. Mr., Pennock also
seleeted 100 acres Of land, partly in the
incorporate limits, which he will buy
and commence improving al once.
! In Whitfield county fruit growers agree
that most peaches, pears and plums were
probably killed by the frost on friday
night. The thermometer marked 26 degs,
and Ii is believed the results are as stated.
This viii be severe bloW to fruit grow
ers, but they have at least one cOns0la-
tlon-the strawberry and raspberry yield
| promises to be large one, and from 1t
they can recover part Of their losses.
Some early vegetables were also nipped.
The stOreroom and entire stock OF
goods belonging to Messrs. J. Dan Cobb
u Bro, at Gambler, a station seven miles
! south of Gainesville, on the line OF the
| Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern rail-
! road, was totally consumed by IRE
Wednesday night about II O'Clock. The
Stock amounted to about $4,000, with n
| $1,000 Insurance. The store belonged to
| Ii. Z. Bates, of Gambler, and was worth
about $500 or $500, and was not insured.
1t was reported at Americas Thursday
that j. w. Mize had finally decided to
drop the threatened election contest for
the Office OF Sheriff, and had wired the
| Governor to that effect. AS yesterday
WAS the last day allowed by law for the
| hearing Of evidence in the case, and as
| none has as vet been taken. the report is
| likely true and the contest will be a6an-
dOned There was not the slightest
I grounds on which 10 base the contest in
| the beginning.
| Since Judge Kibbe commenced holding
! the Superior Court OF Dolly county, he
| has finally disposed OF the following
| tious for new trial, foreclosure, etc. 81;
criminal cases, 80; total, 296. AT tue
! close Of the present term but ten cases
remain on the docket for trial, of these
Two are divorce cases proceeding eX
| parte, two appeals from the Justice
| Court, and six cases only which involve
any amount OF importance.
Maj. Nat Crawford, who brides himeelf
on being one of the best gardeners In and
around LincolntOn, feels eXulrant over
| the fact that he has proven TOO much
| for Brer Rabbit VINO has been eating
down his English peas. The Major sue
ceeded after many failures otherwise in
| Injecting enough strychnine into Brer
| Rabbits stomach to cause him to sleep
the "sleep Of the just" The Major. after
long and arduous labor, declares strych-
nine and sweet potatoes as the only sure
remedy against the depred&tions OF Brer
Rabbit in the garden.
Rev. Joshua Knowles, rector OF the
| Episcopal church, OF Greens bOrO, died at
| his home Thursday. The death was the
result not of specific disease. but wear
ing out of the machinery OF lite. Joshua
! Knowles was born IN East Hampton,
Mass, Aug. II, 1911. His life was pro-
| longed beyond the allotted period. He
was minister fifty-three years. lie
served the church at Green's
boro fifteen years with
great acceptability to the people, preach
ing with deeper earpestness as he neared
the end Of his journey. He was the nes-
tor of the Georgia press, an editor fifty
years. He did editorial work in Mil
! ledgeville, Macon, Rome, Greensboro,
Ca, Tallahassee, Fla. The funeral will
take place this morning at 1880 O'clock
In obedience To his own request he will
be buried close beside the church to
| which he minlstered.
o. W. Ray, inspector OF the Western
| Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Com
pany Of Chicago, was arrested at Augusta
Friday afternoon on charge OF solicit
! ing insurance and inspecting insured
property without his company having
paid license TO the State or depositing the
amount of $25,000 with the Comptroller
General, which the law requires all in
surance companies operating In this
state to do. de was arrested at the
| Planters hotel on warrants sworn out
by a local insurance agent. He stated
that he was only TeinspeCting mill prop.
erty which was insured in mis- company.
and did not know that was in violation of
the law. He gave bond 0! 81, 900 for his
appearance before court, and WAS re-
leased. +. Dinsley, OF another Chicago
company, was also arrested, on tele-
gram from the Chief of Police Of Atlanta.
| 5tdJlnB luhI he udu violated the insurance
law in that city. A policeman went
down from Atlanta, returning with him
10 Atlanta. Mr., Dirsley was perfectly
willing to 20, stating that he had not VIC
lated tho law. His company is in the
same condition as the one above men
toned.
At the fall term, 1856, OF the Fulton Su-
periOr Court Asa Whitaker was tried on
| al<tndictment charging MIN with the MUIR
der of William Drakeford, Jr. 1t APP.
peared that Whitaker and others went to
place where colored nickel club was
holding a session and appeared upon the
scene without Avitation. Some disorder
arose. This was followed by difficulty
in which one OF the persons present as
hurt. Whitaker ran and was pursued by
several persons, among them Drakeford.
| The pursuers claimed that they were fol.
lowing Whitaker merely for the purpose
of arresting him. He turned and fired
upon his pursuers, striking Drakeford,
| who died within day or two from the
wound. Whitaker claimed that he acted
In self-deiense, or al least was prompted
by the fears OF reasonable man that he
was In danger of serious personal injury.
The jury found MIN guilty Of manslauRh-
| ter, and he was sentenced TO ten years IN
the pententiary. He moved for u new
trial. but this was refused. He then car
ried the case to the Supreme Court, where
on Friday, the judgment OF the court be.